2. Kerrang
Kerrang is a UK based music magazine centred around Rock, Metal and Punk music.
Its first issue was back in 1981 and has gone on to become the most popular and well
recognizable music magazine out of any genre.
Kerrang appeals to young teenage audiences, it often has lots of things scattered on
the page with lots of images and little text, they do this because it appeals to the
young audiences they donโt want to see lots of information but they like the images.
3. Front Cover
Lots of separate Sell Lines with
images.
Bright flashy colours
Dominant Image takes up
entire page
Images of artist makes reader
want to see what's inside
Rhetorical Question and
Direct Address teases
reader
In order to compete with competition I am going to have to use them same
techniques magazines like kerrang use. These include large dominant images, flashy
bright colours, teasers about trending artist, separate sell lines. All of these make the
reader look at the cover and want to read more e.g. Direct Address and Rhetorical
Questions.
4. Contents Page
More flashy colours
Have sections dedicated to posters
White background contrast with
black and yellow making them
stand out
Lots of images relating to contents
The contents page of Kerrang seems to also be overwhelmed
by images relating to what's inside the magazine. The page is
densely packed meaning I will also have to put a lot of
information teasing my magazine.
5. Double Page Spread (DPS)
Uses words like โExclusiveโ, only
Kerrang has this
Page mostly taken up by images with
very small and little text
Black, white and red
Kerrang uses the topic of MCR for their DPS because no
other magazine says they have the information that
Kerrang has, thatโs why they use words such as โExclusiveโ.
That is why in my magazine my double page spread will
also focus around something like that and will also have
very little text and will focus more on images.
